Sage of the Skies

Creature — Human Monk

When you cast this spell, if you've cast another spell this turn, copy this spell. (The copy becomes a token.)

Flying, lifelink

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Pre-release	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Standard	Legal
Standard Brawl	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (2)

CNG_Stream on Boros Plot + Airbend

2 months ago

I think your Slickshot Show-Off in this brew is not going to perform well, as you do no have any spells that you can cast to help pump for it to be aggressive. If you want to use the show-off I would suggest adding cards like Highway Robbery or Demonic Ruckus as cards that you can plot early to help you cast and help the Show-off be able to attack for some more damage. These will help your deck more then Airbender's Reversal as the card is only a defensive card and cannot be played to help with this creature attacks consistently. If you want a card that can be used as removal since you are low on interaction, then you could try using Lightning Helix or Burst Lightning if you want instant interaction, or try the Iroh's Demonstration you have in your maybe board.

If you are looking for cards to have for your sidedeck, then you could try Clarion Conqueror to help shutdown mana production for creatures or Pinnacle Starcage since most of your creatures are able to avoid the exile sweep. Note: Starcage could be airbent by Appa so you could re-sweep the board if opponent rebuilds the board with small creatures, but careful resetting cage vs decks that have sack outlets on board.

To be honest I think you could swap the Slickshot Show-Off out for some Pinnacle Starcage and it would help in more matchups then trying to rebuild what you have to jam the show-off. Or you could try the card Sage of the Skies that could pair well with the reduced cost of the airbent creatures, the cost reduction of Momo or the free plot turns you are casting into.

Hope this suggestion makes sense as I am trying to recommend cads that fit your theme.

gzusvictory on Halvar, Divine Voltron

9 months ago

Dragonfire Blade

Not great. 1 to play. 3 to equip (if it’s not a construct). For +2/+2 and hexproof from monocolored? It does not grant evasion, card draw, or ramp. The buff does not scale any higher into the late game. The power level comparison is Champion's Helm, which we are already not using, the helm has a higher cost to play to have a cheap equip, and offers strictly better hexproof for our legendary creatures since it also covers Multicolored and colorless. The cards great in a mono colored meta, sure. It comes out quick, yeah. But I think a card slot just isn’t worth semi protection and a fixed buff.

Sage of the Skies

An evasive 2-for-1 creature that can help us have more to sacrifice to our opponents initial edict effects? Seems..okay. Besides having extra bodies that are evasive to wield our swords, it has nothing to do with our equipment synergies. Not Tutorable. It does not have or offer protection, provides no ramp or card draw, and we have no populate effects or token synergies. Since it’s a cast trigger, it’s harder to get multiple tokens, like we don’t get it when reanimating or blinking it. Seems like only recursion can work. So we have to cast another spell before it. I think we can do it pretty commonly since our curve is fairy low, but that’s mana we could have used to spend on equip costs. The card provides decent value, but it just doesn’t wow me or feel necessary to our game plan